Kansas sees familiar path

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — For what it’s worth, top-seeded Kansas won the 2008 national championship by taking a similar path it’s taking to reach this year’s Final Four and it goes beyond returning to the site where it beat Memphis for the national title.

In 2008, the Jayhawks, also top-seeded, beat No. 16 Portland State, No. 8 Nevada-Las Vegas, No. 12 Villanova and No. 10 Davidson to reach the Final Four. This year, they beat No. 16 Boston University and No. 9 Illinois. They play No. 12 Richmond tonight and if they win, they might play Florida State. You guessed it.

It’s a No. 10 seed.

Also, both the 2008 and 2011 Jayhawks lost to Kansas State late in the year.

“It’s not about the seeds,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Fans and media people may play it out to be that way. It’s about players. It’s about match-ups. And Richmond has good players.”